isolated leader of French Championshipo Paris Saint Germain visited Montpellier this Wednesday, for the 21st round, at the Stade de la Mosson, in Montpellier (FRA), and won by 3-1. Fabián Ruiz, Messi and Zaire-Emery scored for the visitors, while Nordin discounted for the home team . The game still had Kylian Mbappé missing two consecutive penalties, in addition to isolating the rebound from the second charge.
Thus, the team from the French capital wins again after two games and reaches 51 points in the competition, in first place. In this way, it opens five five points of advantage for Olympique de Marseille, vice-leader.
On the other hand, the home team suffer the 13th defeat in the national and remain in 14th place, with 20 points gained. The team is just two ahead of Ajaccio, the first club inside the relegation zone.
For the next round, therefore, PSG receives Toulouse, at 13:00 (Brasília time) on Saturday, at the Parc des Princes. The following morning, starting at 11 am, Montpellier visits Strasbourg, in La Meinau.
🔚 Game over! A great Parisian performance away from home!
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The game between PSG and Montpellier
Seeking to win again in the national after two matches, PSG quickly took over the offensive actions and had a penalty scored in their favor after seven minutes. After a free kick in the area, Sergio Ramos was brought down by defender Jullien and the referee signaled the penalty.
Kylian Mbappé then went to the penalty spot and kicked hard, crosswise, but the ball went halfway up and Lecomte managed to save it, palming it for a corner. However, VAR alerted the referee to an infringement by the goalkeeper, who jumped without having one foot on the line.
Thus, the French striker had another chance to open the scoring. However, the archer hit the corner again and touched the ball, which exploded on the crossbar and returned to the number 7 shirt, but he caught it badly and isolated the rebound.
To make PSG’s night worse, the young player felt a muscle problem in his left thigh and had to be substituted in the 21st minute of the first half.
At 33, the team starred even without Neymar, with muscle fatigue, and Mbappé managed to open the scoring with Lionel Messi. Hakimi crossed from the middle, Vitinha deflected and the ball reached the Argentine playmaker, who touched Lecomte’s exit and had a shot by Kouyaté against his own goal to score. However, the number 30 was in an irregular position and the VAR annulled the goal.
More goals in the second stage
On the way back from the break, PSG managed to score for the second time, but again it was canceled for offside. At the sixth minute, after exchanging passes, Vitinha activated Fabián Ruiz in the middle, who gave Hakimi the first shot to the right. The full-back then dropped a bomb from outside the area and the ball went into Lecomte’s left corner. However, the Spanish midfielder was in a millimetrically irregular position and the VAR invalidated the goal.
The team from the French capital was not shaken and went on the attack. Thus, three minutes later, he finally managed to open the scoring. Vitinha saw Hakimi infiltrating the area on the right end and played for the full-back, who finished in Lecomte’s exit. The goalkeeper made the save, but Ekitike headed the rebound and the ball arrived for Fabián Ruiz to just push it into the back of the goal.
In the 26th minute of the second half, the visitors extended their advantage on the scoreboard. Ekitike received from Renato Sanches in the left half and played for Fabián Ruiz. The Spanish midfielder dominated and triggered Messi invading the area in a beautiful assist. The Argentine playmaker then finished with category in Lecomte’s departure and made it 2 to 0 for PSG.
Already at 43 minutes, Montpellier managed to reduce. After Bernat’s mistake on the ball, Nordin paired with Mavididi on the right and kicked with category from the edge of the area to discount. Donnarumma didn’t even jump on the ball.
Finally, to give final numbers to this Wednesday’s confrontation, Zaire-Emery scored PSG’s third three minutes later. The 16-year-old promising youngster stole the ball on the right, countered with Hakimi and kicked hard, crosswise, as goalkeeper Lecomte left, to score his first goal as a professional.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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